[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ Breast Feeding, When To Stop, In Public, In General

Ok Time's cover has stirred up a hornet's nest. ( must be some other effed up stuff going on for the Government to order up this diversion...but i digress. ) The mom in the pic here breast feeding her 3 year old. I know there are a tonna mommies on here and I would like to know what's your take on it.

When do you or did you stop breast feeding? What about in public?

Lemme know :D

And I kinda understand why the kid is 3 and still feeding. He must starved to death as a baby with her next to nothing boobs :lol:

I saw this hit the headlines and read just about all of the comments in the major news websites. I observed quite an interesting trend, it seems only in America, some moms were disturbed by this or very put out. While a good majority of American moms were completely supportive of this, saw nothing wrong and said more or less that the kid usually gets tired of breastfeeding and that's the end of that. Also in the American comments were pediatricians who too, felt completely supportive of the cover and commented that the child should decide when to stop breastfeeding, which can go up to 4 years old when they are ready for real food.
Next was, fascinating! shocker! oh my, never saw this coming! It appears in the UK, Australian and English speaking European news outlets, this cover was no big deal, viewed as completely normal for children. Europeans found nothing disturbing.

What's my take? I believe there is a something derailed in America when it comes to the female breast. American culture sexualizes the breast at every angle, you're not sexy unless you wear this bra, you're not sexy unless you have implants, flash your boobs to get a man, all of these cultural topics detract from purpose of the Time article. I couldn't believe what I was reading in some of the American comments, one mother on Yahoo totally flipped out citing that this cover was porn. And I kept thinking to myself this woman does not see a mother feeding her child, she's totally lost it and I'd be willing to bet there is no explaining to her the difference. She she's breasts, it's automatically porn. Insane.
I believe there is a time for breasts to be sexy, such as Rate My Melons and there is a time for breasts to feed children, it's not one blur. There is a very distinct difference and any normal person knows this.
I feel the same as most supportive moms and pediatricians, 1) there absolutely nothing wrong with this cover and 2) when a kid is ready to stop breastfeeding, the kid will naturally just stop on their own time. That's my say.